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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: At this stage it is impossible to say with certainty what effect Brexit will have on the Irish fishing industry. We do not know yet what changes the UK may seek to the current arrangements. In theory, the UK could indeed seek to gain larger quota shares at the expense of others. However, that could only happen if the UK were content to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Fish stocks are a shared resource managed under the Common Fisheries Policy of the EU.  Nearly all of Ireland’s main commercial stocks are shared to some degree with the UK.  In addition, many of our traditional fishing grounds lie within UK waters.  Any change to the existing situation could have severe consequences for our fleets. Earlier this year, I hosted a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The Forestry Programme 2014 – 2020 includes two schemes where Local Authorities are themselves eligible for funding to establish new forests. These are the afforestation scheme and the neighbourwood scheme. Under the afforestation scheme Local Authorities can apply for establishment grants which cover 100% of the cost of planting bare land. Under State aid rules however, Local...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the Rural Development Regulation each Member State must designate areas eligible for payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme.  The ANC scheme replaces the previous Disadvantaged Areas Scheme / Less Favoured Areas Scheme.  The designation of eligible areas under these schemes to date has been based on a range of socio-economic factors. From 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) Laboratories are an integral part of the Department, providing critical scientific evidence and expertise (in animal health, food safety and plant sciences) which allows the Department to function effectively as a regulator, to deal with new and emerging risks and to rapidly respond to disease outbreaks and food safety incidents. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: At the outset and for the benefit of the House I want to give some background to this matter which I know the Deputy is very aware of.  I hosted a further Tillage Stakeholders Forum on the 16 February following on from the first one in October 2016 which on both occasions consisted of representatives from all sides of this Sector. Addressing the most recent Forum, I took the opportunity...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the Rural Development Regulation each Member State must designate areas eligible for payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme.  The ANC scheme replaces the previous Disadvantaged Areas Scheme / Less Favoured Areas Scheme.  The designation of eligible areas under these schemes to date has been based on a range of socio-economic factors. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The ICBF was established in 1998 following a number of years of industry consultation among all stakeholders in the cattle breeding industry. ICBF is the only body approved under EU legislation (Commission Decision 2006/427/EC) to carry out testing, genetic evaluation and publication of breeding values for Irish dairy and beef cattle. The objective of the ICBF is to achieve the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Once animal health and welfare certification requirements are met, dogs, including greyhounds, may be exported from Ireland.  Exporters are required to comply with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1 of 2005 on the protection of animals during transport. The export process does not differentiate between breeds of dogs, but information received to date from my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Employment Rights (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Horse Racing Ireland is a commercial state body responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. This is a matter ultimately for the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation but I understand that the general corpus of employment legislation including the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts, the Payment of Wages Act, the Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Knowledge Transfer is one of a suite of measures included under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and involves the formation and administration of knowledge transfer groups across the beef, dairy, equine, sheep, tillage and poultry sectors. Funding of €100m under the Rural Development Programme has been allocated for this measure which involves Department approved...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department currently operates two different measures under the Forestry Programme 2014-2020 where Local Authorities are themselves eligible for funding to plant trees. These are the afforestation scheme and the neighbourwood scheme. Within the first of these, Local Authorities can apply for establishment grants which cover 100% of the cost of planting bare land. However under State aid...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessel Licences (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: As the Deputy may be aware, under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003, the functions of sea-fishing boat licensing were transferred from the Minister to the Licensing Authority for Sea-fishing Boats, which operates on an independent basis subject to criteria set out in that Act and Ministerial Policy Directives.  As Minister I have responsibility for policy in relation to sea-fishing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management and development of their forest estate, are the responsibility of the company.   I am aware of the proposed development of a gateway facility for visitors to the Dublin Mountains which involves the creation of a visitor information centre,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Inspection Service Administration (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) Laboratories are an integral part of the Department, providing critical scientific evidence and expertise (in animal health, food safety and plant sciences) which allows the Department to function effectively as a regulator, to deal with new and emerging risks and to rapidly respond to disease outbreaks and food safety incidents. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the Rural Development Regulation each Member State must designate areas eligible for payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme.  The ANC scheme replaces the previous Disadvantaged Areas Scheme / Less Favoured Areas Scheme.  The designation of eligible areas under these schemes to date has been based on a range of socio-economic factors. These eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) Laboratories are an integral part of the Department, providing critical scientific evidence and expertise (in animal health, food safety and plant sciences) which allows the Department to function effectively as a regulator, to deal with new and emerging risks and to rapidly respond to disease outbreaks and food safety incidents. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Hedgerow planting was an available action under tranche 1 of the GLAS scheme and due to the fact that the delivery target for the entire programming period to 2020 was exceeded in the first tranche, this action was suspended for tranche 2 & 3 applications. Farmers who selected this action in tranche 1 were required to have  new hedgerows planted by 31 March 2017....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2016 Basic Payment (BPS) and Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received form the person named on 28 April 2016.  Processing is now complete and payment has issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 27 April 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (4 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has been paid in full in respect of the 2015 scheme year. During the 2016 prepayment checking process issues were identified with the consistency of parcel use between Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS with regard to the Wild Bird Cover action.  Department officials will be in contact with the...